On November 27, we witnessed an extraordinary encounter in the Supreme Court: a face-to-face meeting between an adult, non-urban, non-elite woman, primarily a regional-language speaker, and three of India’s most powerful legal authorities – all senior, elite, English-speaking, urban men. So unique was this experience to the latter that one of them candidly admitted that […]
Salem ; [India] November 29 (ANI): Kerala woman Hadiya, who has been at the centre of love jihad controversy, on Wednesday said she asked for freedom from the Supreme Court but she was still not free. Speaking to media outside the Sivaraj Homeopathic medical college here, Hadiya said, “I am asking for basic rights that every Indian citizen has. It has nothing to do […]
The Supreme Court put forth its decision in the contentious Kerala love jihad case, and ordered that Hadiya be allowed to pursue her medical studies in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district. Posting the next hearing of the case to third week in January, the Supreme Court also ordered the Tamil Nadu government to ensure her safety. In an open […]